Millennium World Peace Summit® United Nations,
New York, United States,
August 28-31, 2000

MILLENNIUM WORLD PEACE SUMMIT

On August 28th
through 31st of the year 2000, two thousand of
the world's preeminent religious and spiritual
leaders representing the many faith traditions,
gathered at the United Nations for a Millennium
World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual
Leaders.

DESCRIPTION

On August 28-31, 2000, two thousand
participants from 110 countries met at the
United Nations General Assembly Hall for the
Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and
Spiritual Leaders. Among the participants were
1,200 religious leaders representing the world's
major religions and faiths, as well as religious
scholars, government and business leaders, and
prominent public figures.

Some of the religious leaders that were
approached include His Holiness Pope John Paul
II, The Most Reverend Dr. George Carey, the
Archbishop of Canterbury, Sheikh Ahmed Keftaro,
the Grand Mufti of Syria, the Grand Sheikh of
Al-Alazar from Cairo, the imans of the mosques
of Mecca and Medina, Dr. Abdullah Salehal-Obaid,
the secretary of the World Muslim League,
Israel's Chief Rabbi, Israel Meir Lau, the
Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, the
Most Rev Bartholomew, the Russian Patriarch, His
Holiness Alexii II, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and
Bishop Carlos Belo, the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize
winner from East Timor.

MISSION AND GOALS

The objectives of
the Millennium World Peace Summit®
were to encourage religious leaders to exert
greater influence on reconciliation, healing,
and forgiveness in areas of armed conflict and
tension, to foster an attitude of respect for
the diversity of the human family and to pledge
a commitment to take concrete actions for the
achievement of world peace. This commitment has
been embodied in a Declaration for World Peace
that participants of the Millennium World Peace
Summit®
signed specifying actions to be taken.

OUTCOMES

The signing of the Commitment to Global
Peace

Initiation of a process to form a World Council
of Religious Leaders®

Co-Founding of the Religious Leaders Initiative
of the World Economic Forum

A Partnership with the United Nation's High
Commission for Human Rights

Establishment of a Global Commission for the
Preservation of Sacred Sites